Allergy, Infectious Diseases and Immunology

Drug Allergy

Drug allergies are a set of symptoms caused by an allergic reaction to a drug. A drug allergy encompasses an immune response in the body that develops an allergic reaction to a medicine. If development of a rash, hives or difficulty in breathing occurs after taking certain medications, one may have a drug allergy. As with other allergic reactions, these symptoms of drug allergy can occur when the body’s immune system becomes sensitive to a substance in the medication, identifies it as a foreign invader and releases chemicals to defend against it.

• Drug Allergy: Clinical Aspects & Diagnosis
• Drug Allergy or Side effects
• Drug allergy: anaphylaxis
• Clinical diagnosis of drug allergy
• Drug Hypersensitivity
• Pharmacogenomics